National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The experiment was conducted to investigate the post-partum behavioral activities (up to 12 hour postpartum) of 6 multiparous and 6 primiparous Gir cows towards their calves using low light-intensity cameras and video recorder. To facilitate behavioural data recording at night the calving pen was illuminated with bulbs. As the animal was accustomed to the similar light during the night at the farm, such illumination during the experiment was not being likely to influence the behaviour of the animals. Gir cows were divided into 2 groups based on their parity, group-1 (primiparous cow) and group–2 (multiparous cow). Total resting time (min.) was significantly (p<0.01) higher in primiparous (245.50±5.75) than multiparous (218.33±4.94) Gir cows. Licking and grooming time (min.) was significantly (p<0.01) higher in multiparous (130.17±6.88) than primiparous (104.33±3.35) Gir cows. The result may be suggested that parity has significant effect over the post parturient behaviour of Gir cow.
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